First Crossing: Stories About Teen Immigrants
by Gallo, Donald R.
YALSA Top TenIRA's Teachers' Choice AwardMoving to a New AreaWheatley Aligned Supplemental TextsNCSS/CBC Notable Social StudiesYALSA Popular PaperbacksJunior Library Guild SelectionNY Publ. Library Best Books for the Teen Age
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AR Book Level
5.1
AR Points
8
Word Count
52,278
Interest Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Genre
Fiction
AR Quiz #
81837 EN
About this book
Stories of recent Mexican, Venezuelan, Kazakh, Chinese, Romanian, Palestinian, Swedish, Korean, Haitian, and Cambodian immigrants reveal what it is like to face prejudice, language barriers, and homesickness along with common teenage feelings and needs.